Chapter 4444: Prison of Bartomas Lar "This one is going to be troublesome," I said to myself and turned toward it to face it. Its more powerful than the one I had fought in the forest. It’s not something I want to deal with, because it required all my strength and a lot of luck to defeat it. It’s a big, scaled man; it is slightly over three meters long, with grey-blue scales covering its body. With the same shade of blue horns on its body. It has one of those kind faces, but not a shred of kindness present in its eyes. Nobody knows the name of this host, and there is only a small amount of information about its abilities. As it only appeared twice, when the master had attacked with the full force. Just as the body master is occupying this realm, this one is likely also one of the few people who have entered it. Burst 90% It appeared close to me. Seeing that, I activated the 90% power of the burst. This one is angry and coming at with its nearly full power. I won’t be able to defend against it if I hadn’t used at least this much power. "You shouldn’t have done that," it said as it stopped. "I did it. What are you going to do about it?" I asked back and he didn’t reply. Instead, he appeared in front of me, and the black staff appeared in its hand, which he swung toward me. I could feel the thick energy covering the staff and the sound of the wave. It raised all the hair on my body, and I decided to move my sword defensively instead of offensively. CLANNNG! The staff bore down on my sword. It felt like a tsunami had crashed on my body. It shook me top to bottom, before sending me back with the blood leaking out of my lips and eyes wide. I knew it would be a strong attack, but the power surprised me. I had not underestimated its attack. I had used 90% of my power, but even that wasn’t enough to defend against its attack. The physical power was immense, but so is the inheritance energy. It crashed on my armor, and I am really glad that I had worked on my armor, even after returning. The formation bore the energy; tearing it apart into thousands of parts before absorbing it to grind it away. It looked surprised seeing me surviving. It had hidden its power well; the attack felt as strong as it is. It’s mainly due to the seamless combination of the inherited energy, law power, itornas power, and the physical power. This man is from the mermen race of the deep sea. These people have strong physical strength, and they are very good at using the energy to strengthen it even further. It remained in its place for a fraction of a second, before coming at me like a blur. "You are a lot more powerful than it is said," it said as it appeared in front of me. "The same," I replied with a bloody grin. There is limited information about it, and it didn’t state its strength. It had been noted as strong, but its strength was predicted to be weaker than it is projecting right now. It had been hiding in the past two instances or had grown stronger somehow. CLANNNG CLANNNG CLANNNG! Once more, its staff clashed against me. Sending me back even faster, so that the village had become a dot. It followed immediately, attacking me over and over again. Sending me more and more back, till I couldn’t even see the village. Despite not wanting to show off my power in front of the others, I didn’t want to be away from the village. There, if I were to be killed, someone might help me; it wouldn’t be possible here. Attacks came without stop, and I did nothing other than defend. I wanted to use my full power as these attacks are injuring me, but I hold back. It’s not the time, and yes, things are dangerous, but I am defending. It was not able to breach through my sword. I could tell. It is frustrating, as it is trying different attacks, but none of them are hitting me, and the injuries its causing are not enough to injure me seriously, much less critically. More attacks came, and I kept defending. Improving slowly at defending until I am able to withstand the defence without getting injured. It is also not sending me back faster as it used to. CLANNNG! Minutes passed and I defended another attack, but this time, something surprising happened. I wasn’t sent back like a broken doll, as I had done hundreds of times. Instead, I took the rapid steps back. It surprised me so much that it didn’t react for a moment. "You’re powerful, I will give you that, but you’re severely mistaken. If you think you could defeat me with such power," I said as I stopped after eleven steps. "I will prove you wrong," he replied after a moment of silence and flashed behind me. CLANNNG! I defended once more and took the steps back, but it attacked at the first step and then again and again. It kept defending, taking steps back. It’s hard; every attack of it seemed to have the power of a tsunami that wants to crush. Even 10% of this physical power leaked into me, and it would crush me like pulp. I am envious of its physical strength. If I had such strength, with enhancements from my inheritance, I would have crushed it already. My strength lies in my inheritance and adaptability. It’s the reason why I could fight against such enemies, but every battle is a massive risk. Its why I research and find a way to effectively neutralize the power of such enemies. I was in my thoughts when it swung its staff at me from a distance, and immediately, a watery tide came toward me. I was about to swing my sword to defend against it, but stopped and let the water tide come at me. It did, and, as I had expected, it didn’t crash against me. Instead, it swirled. Forming a large water sphere around me. "This is Prison of Bartomas Lar; it has crushed countless enemies. You had made a mistake, letting it envelope you," it said as it appeared by the sphere and swung its staff at it a moment later.